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A Reader's
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Editor: William L. Simon
Music arranged and edited by Dan Fox
Editorial Associates:Mary Kelleher and Natalie Moreda
Music Associate:ElizabethMead
Art Editor: Nicholas Calabrese
Art Associate: Larissa Lawrynenko
Annotators: stanley Green, Barrymore Laurence scherer,
George T. simon
and Richard M. Sudhalter
THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATTON,
tNC.
york/Montreal
Pleasantville,New
Copyright o 1984 The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
copyright o 1gB4 The Reader's Digest Association (canada)
Ltd.
copyright o 1984 Reader's Digest Association Far East Ltd.
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Philippine Copyright 1984 Readerb Digest Association Far
East Ltd.
All rights reserved' Unauthorized reproduction, in any manner,
is prohibited.
tsBN 0_89577_178_0
Reader's Digest and the pegasus corophon are registered
trademarks
of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
Introduction
fn all childhood, there is no moment quite
I like the cliscoveryof the past. A f,rmily attic,
an olcl trunk or chest firll of photographs and
nrernories trnd scents of times gone lry -
t'notrgh tcl awaken imagination, form tr ltond,
rrniting a new generaticlnwith all those now
cle'ptrrted.
They live trgain, filrever young, un-
cler tonrorn)w's gaze.
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S<t is with songs. They trre the flavors tlnd
fi'irgrtlnces of times otherwise soon lost to
nlenror!'.A wrlrld of feeling and experience,a
nlollrent rltrickly slipping out of reach, crln
reniirir-r arphrrrse or scrrlp of melody. Otrr
in
:t)r)gSare firrgn"rents
o{'our lives: tr college
the rnagic of unexpected romance;
ri,rrrce
erncl
tirnes of'crisis trncl peril, companionship or
p ri cle. Songs rnurk the stations of rr l if-etime
.urci
the people who rnrrkethe memories: Bing
(.r'osbvsinging "Dinarh,is there anyone finer"
rrn il scrrttchycllclrecord; ctrrefreesurnmers on
(..rpeCoclevokeclanew by rrsong about "sarnd
tlrrrresirncl salty air"; that night we criecl {irr
Piirf'at Ctrrnegie Hall us she rebufl'ecltrargecly
srniles
with "La Vie en Rose"; or a{-{-ectiontrte
at the thotrght of Great-Grtrndfirther r.r'ooing
Great-Grandrna to the strtrins of "Whetr Y<ttt
Wore a Ttrlip (trnclI Wore a Big Recl Rose)."
A book of old songs, sttch as Unfrtrgettultlt'
Musictrl Memories, is just that kincl of clirect
apperrl to the irnagintrtion and emotions. At rt
tirne in orrr history when we rlre cousttrtrtlr'
required to mask our softer f'eelingS,to clenr.
the rnore sentimenterlside of ottrselves, sttcl-t
mtrsic is vital. We play and sing, enjol' tlie
closenessof others - and we clretrmof "Jttprr-
nese sandmen," "sheltering palms," goocl<tlcl
"frivolotrs Sal" trnd "Sweet Georgitr Brou'tr."
Such a book grants eterntrl li{'e to tlll our'
-
yestercltrys ancl otrr totnorrows tts u'ell.
There will rrlways be A new generatiotr, all
wonder and delight, to clirnb into the trttic or'
open the firmily tretrstrrechest. Ancl, too, there
will always be songslike the 96 mrtsicttlnrent-
ories thtrt fbllow to nourish the heart ,uicl
lte
renew the spirit. Without them, we r.votrlcl
poor indeecl.
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HOW TO USE THIS SONCBOOK
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Dirn F-or, arranger for otrr eight previ<ttrs
Ilt'ircler's
Digest nrtrsic ltooks, once again htrs
rlil(le fin'rlrite songs etlsy to pltry ltut trlwtrys
nru\icirlll. interesting trnclgratifying. For play-
t't': of ittll'trellle clef ilstptment, tfie rlrellcly is
,)n top, cleitr ancl uncltrtterecl,with the stenrs
, rt the notes turnecl trp. However, if one is to
pl,rv in tturclernwith a piatnoor organ, it nrust
lrr on tl "C" instrurnent, strchas a violin, fltrte,
rt'c'orcler,
oboe, accordion, hatrmonictt,
rnel<ld-
it'ir or rury o{' the new electronic keyboarcls.
(,rritaristsalso can play the r-r-relody written,
as
, rr thel' can pluy chorclsfrom the symbols (G',
.\nr. etc.) or {ron-rthe clitrgramsprinted jtrst
.tlrove the sttrves. Organists whose instrtr-
nre'rrtsharve foot pedtrls rrlay use the srnull
pecltrlnotes in the brlssclef (with stems turned
Btrt the,sepeclul note,sshould not be
cltrrvrr).
ttttt:rrtptedbg Ttiurti,sts;
they are frlr f'eet only!
For the suke of fircility, the pedtrl lines. move
:tepu'ise and stay within an octave. Players
rvho irrrpr<lvise the jazz sensectrn "ttrke ofT"
in
ii'on-r
the rnekrcly and the chorcl syrnbclls.
The chorcl symbols also tlre clesigned filr
piirnists wl-ro have studiecl the poptrlar chorcl
pltryers crrn retrclthe nrelocly line trncl
nre-thocl;
rnrprovise their own left-hancl accomptrni-
rnents. The chorcl symltols lrltly be ttsecl,ttttt.
jtrst plav the
by brrssplayers (string or brtrss);
root r-rote etrch chorcl syrnltol, except u'here
of
rrnothernote is inclicatecl(for extrnrple "DlF #
,
the cliorcl
bass"). And accorclionistscan trse
syrnbols fbr the left-htrnd lttrttclnsrvhile ltlttr -
its
ing the treble portions of the ttrrautgerttertt
written.
Like our <lther music ltooks, this olle is
tlrrtrngedto serve a soloist, un entire eltselttltle
or an old-{irshioneclsing-rrlong. (In tlnl' sorts
a
with more than two sttLnzas, tintecl ltanclrulls
ttr
throtrgh etrch trlternate line, making it etrsr-
keep your eyes on the proper pltrce u'heti
singing.) The collection will prove tt cotrsttttrt.
endtrring source of enterttrinment fbr cltrlts.
schools,senior citizen groups trncl,o{'cottrse.
{or yotrrself and your family.
Enhtrncing the ntttsic are the introdtrctorr'
notes to each song - backgrrluncl nrtrteritrl
written by leaditg, recognized authorities irt
the categoriesdefined by the section titles.
For all those involved, this collection of
nosttrlgic poptrlar "classics" wtIS tt ltrltor tlf
Iove. We hope thtrt Unforgettuble Mu,sicul
Memories will give you as mttch pletrsuretts it
gave us in putting it together.
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